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Re:Ask HN: Where does consciousness come from? by graemep on Friday December 19, 2008 @08:53PM (#404126)
So do some physicists: http://chaos.swarthmore.edu/courses/phys6_2004/QM/19_CatsFri...

The problem is a lack of tools to explore this further. Where are the testable predictions?

The question also makes one mistake: the first neuron fires long before birth. Develop meant is a gradual process, so the emergence of consciousness probably is too.

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Re:Ask HN: Where does consciousness come from? by lg on Saturday December 20, 2008 @12:01PM (#404622)
Well I don't believe that you need to posit a fundamental consciousness-property to explain collapse. There are clearer explanations that rely only on what physicists (mostly) already accept, which David Albert explains well: http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Mechanics-Experience-David-Alb... But maybe you do need to posit that to explain things like thoughts and feelings.
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